Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:40:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Boys play amongst their village's ancestral graves located near their homes in remote Kodi Pangedo village, in Indonesia's West Sumba province, February 16, 2012. A two-day Pasola War Festival was held here on February 16 and 17. Pasola is a ritual of the West Sumba people, a part of the local Sumba belief called Marapu in which the participants, whose livelihoods are dependent on their corn and rice crops, ask for the blessings of the gods for a good harvest. Picture taken February 16, 2012. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A girl sits beside graves with other worshippers as they arrive ...
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A girl sits beside graves with other worshippers as they arrive to offer prayers at the Abdullah Shah Ashabi Sufi shrine in Thatta district, in Pakistan's Sindh province, November 25, 2011. Many Pakistanis think their sufferings are inflicted by evil spirits intent on destroying marriage prospects, businesses and health, and that only Sufi saints can help. It is a risky belief in Pakistan as militants, including the al Qaeda-linked Taliban, have over the years bombed Sufi shrines which they consider heretical. But fears of possession, and life's many challenges, keep driving people back to the shrines. Picture taken November 25, 2011. To match feature PAKISTAN-EXORCISM/ REUTERS/Rebecca Conway (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
Women pray near the graves of their relatives as children fly ...
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Women pray near the graves of their relatives as children fly kites on the second day of Eid al-Adha at a cemetery in Kabul November 7, 2011. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
People visit the graves of their relatives on the Day of the ...
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - People visit the graves of their relatives on the Day of the Dead in San Salvador November 2, 2011. Salvadoran Catholics mark the Day of the Dead by going to the cemetery to pay homage to their departed loved ones. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez (EL SALVADOR - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
A woman arranges a bouquet of flowers while decorating the graves ...
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:20:01 +0100 (AP) - A woman arranges a bouquet of flowers while decorating the graves of relatives during the Day of the Dead celebrations in Zunil, Guatemala, Tuesday Nov. 1, 2011. A tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and 2., the ritual of dressing the graves with flowers is common throughout Latin America as is having a picnic at the departed relative's gravesite. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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